Music, Music, Music
The Band
Jim Spicer, Gregg Maddalo, and your truly's band. I am away in the United States Air Force obviously so playing w/these guys is a little harder than expected. These guys are excellent musicians and song writers without a doubt and I miss them completely. Check out our site MilkJug and take a listen to the demo we created two summers ago.
The Music View Of One Called Doc
This week's cd I chose was Sarah McLachlan's Surfacing. Idealy one of the coolest cd's in my collection because the cd is absolutely incredible. Sarah's song-writing is incredible and her voice relaxes every muscle in your body when you listen to this cd. With the usual songs that everyone knows like, "Building A Mystery", "I Love You", "Adia", "Do What You Have To Do", and "Sweet Surrender", my favorite highlights are two songs that w/o a doubt are her two best. "Witness" and "Full Of Grace" These two songs I listen to before I go to bed 'cause I love listening to her voice and the songs are completely beautiful. The harmonies and the music makes it a great combination for a beautifully written song.
Guitar Lesson Of The Week
This week I am going to talk about easy ways to strengthen your fingers for added flexibility on the fingerboard of the guitar. All you have to do is basically hold you guitar and do chromatic scales such as a 1-2-3-4 pattern w/your fingers for each string. After doing so, try varying the patterns with combinations like 1-3-2-4, 1-2-4-3, 3-1-2-4, etc. This will hurt like hell but do so for a half hour each day and you'll gain speed and frexibility.
My CD Collection...(are you ready?)
This is my entire collection of cd's that I compiled since my very first cd which was Boston's self titled debut album.
The LIST (in no specfic order)
- Dixie Chicks - Fly
- Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
- Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
- Aerosmith - Get A Grip
- Aerosmith - Just Push Play
- Soul Asylum - Black Gold ~ The Best Of...
- Nelly - Country Grammar
- Dave Matthews W/Tim Reynolds - Live At Luther College ~ (2 Disk)
- Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
- Jimmy Buffett - Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays ~ (Live)
- Jimmy Buffett - Songs YOu Know By Heart ~ Greatest Hits
- Shania Twain - Come On Over
- Shania Twain - You're Still The One ~ (Single)
- Bizzy Bone - The Gift
- Jimmie's Chicken Shack - Bring Your Own Stereo
- NOW 5 - That's What I Call Music ~ (Compliation)
- Led Zeppelin - Early Days ~ The Best Of...Vol I
- Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
- Bone Thugs N Harmony - The Collection Vol I
- Dave Matthew's Band - Under The Table And Dreaming
- Dave Matthew's Band - Everyday
- Dave Matthew's Band - Listener's Supported ~ (2 Disk) (Live)
- Dave Matthew's Band - Crash
- Faith Hill - Breathe
- Boston - Don't Look Back
- Boston - Third Stage
- Boston - Walk On
- Boston - Greatest Hits
- Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
- Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ectasy
- Sarah McLachlan - Mirrorball ~ (Live)
- Creed - Human Clay
- Creed - My Own Prison
- Third Eye Blind - Blue
- Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
- Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home ~ (Single)
- The Cars - Greatest Hits
- Kiss - Unplugged ~ (Live)
- Eric Clapton - Unplugged ~ (Live)
- Eric Clapton - Time Pieces
- Stroke 9 - Nasty Little Thoughts
- Oasis - The Masterplan
- Oasis - Be Here Now
- Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
- Edwin Collins - A Girl Like You ~ (Single)
- Crazy Town - A Gift Of Game
- Alice In Chains - Nothing Safe ~ The Best Of...
- Metallica - Load
- Metallica - S&M ~ (2 Disk) (Live)
- Metallica - Ride The Lightning
- Death Row - Greatest Hits ~ (2 Disk)
- Three Doors Down - The Better Life
- U2 - The Best Of 1980-90
- Journey - Escape
- Journey - Time3 ~ (3 Disk)
- Journey - When You Love A Woman ~ (Single)
- Journey - Arrival
- Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
- Blink 182 - Enema Of The State
- Blink 182 - The Mark, Tom, Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back) ~ (Live)
- Blink 182 - Take Your Pants Off And Jacket
- Everclear - Songs From An American Movie Vol I
- Extreme - Pornograffitti
- Firehouse - Firehouse
- Firehouse - Hold Your Fire
- Firehouse - Good Acoustics
- Collective Soul - Blender
- Collective Soul - Dosage
- Savage Garden - Affirmation
- Savage Garden - The Jungle ~ (Single)
- Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
- Gin Blossoms - As Long As It Matters ~ (Single)
- Gin Blossoms - Outside Looking In ~ The Best Of...
- Barenaked Ladies - Maybe You Should Drive
- Barenaked Ladies - Maroon
- Barenaked Ladies - Stunt
- Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle
- Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
- Jewel - Pieces Of You
- Green Day - Warning
- Green Day - Dookie
- Bryan Adams - So Far So Good ~ The Best Of...
- Bon Jovi - One Wild Night ~ Live 1985 - 2001
- Bon Jovi - Crossroads ~ The Best Of...
- Joe Satriani - The Extremist
- Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream
- Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol I And II ~ (2 Disk)
- Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol III
- Rusted Root - When I Woke
- Yes - Classic
- K-Ci And JoJo - Love Always
- Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits
- Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? ~ The Best Of...
- Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
- Toad The Wet Sprocket - Fear
- Toad The Wet Sprocket - Coil
- Toad The Wet Sprocket - P.S. ~ The Best Of...
- Matchbox Twenty - Mad Season
- Wonderlust - Prize
- Twister Soundtrack - Compliation
- Red Hot Chillipeppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- REM - Monster
- The Offspring - Americana
- Pearl Jam - Ten
- Pearl Jam - #38 Columbus ~ (2 Disk) (Live)
- Pearl Jam - #53 Chicago ~ (2 Disk) (Live)
- Pearl Jam - Jeremy ~ (Single)
- The Verve Pipe - The Freshman ~ (Single)
- Sponge - Rotting Pinata
- Live - Throwing Copper
- Live - The Distance Here
- Reel Big Fish - Turn The Radio Off
- Roger Waters - In The Flesh ~ (2 Disk) (Live)
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Blue On Black ~ (Single)
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Trouble Is...
- Boyz II Men - II
- Boyz II Men - Evolution
- Sisqo - Unleash The Dragon
- Sublime - Sublime
- New Edition - Greatest Hits Vol I
- Def Leppard - Vault 1980 - 1995
- The Doors - Greatest Hits
- Rage Against The Machine - Renegades
- The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
- Van Halen - Van Halen
- Tool - Undertow
- Kansas - The Best Of...
- Semisonic - Singing In My Sleep ~ (Single)
- Robert Miles - Children ~ (Single)
- Orgy - Blue Monday ~ (Single)
- Fuel - Something Like Human
- Fuel - Sunburn
- Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill
- Sugar Ray - 14:59
- The Bangles - Greatest Hits
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Wildflowers
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
- Shaggy - Hotshot
- Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas And Other Stories
- Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
- The Cure - Galore ~ The Singles 1987 - 1997
- Lit - A Place In The Sun
- Ultimate Funk - Compliation
- Metal Mania - Compliation
- ESPN Jock Rock - Compliation
- Eve 6 - Horrorscope
- The Wood Soundtrack - Compliation
- Monster Ballads - Compliation
- Lifehouse - No Name Face
- Good Charlotte - Good Charlotte
- Queensryche - Greatest Hits
- Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl
- Nine Days - The Madding Crowd
- No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
*PANT PANT*, man that's a lot of typing...let's get the hell out of here...Right Now